Select Fables of Esop and Other Fabulists. In Three Books

Title

en_US Select Fables of Esop and Other Fabulists. In Three Books

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Second edition?

en_US R. and J. Dodsley

Creator

en_US Aesop See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Wale, Samuel

en_US The Life of Esop, de Meziriac; Essay on Fable, Dod

Date

2016-01-25T20:00:34Z

en_US 2010-12

en_US 1764

Date Available

2016-01-25T20:00:34Z

Date Issued

en_US 1764

Abstract

en_US This book is a delightful anomaly. It stands directly between my first edition Dodsley from 1761 and my second edition Dodsley from 1764, which lacks the medallion illustrations. This copy is marked 1764 on the title-page but has the illustrations. The illustrations here include the medallions and a frontispiece, identical with that in the first edition. Bodemann #145.1 illustrates this frontispiece and describes it this way: Aesop hebt den mit Fabelmotiven bedruckten Schleier der Wahrheit. Further illustrations occur at the beginning of each of the three books: beehive and bees; swan and stork; and squirrel. There is also an elaborate design at the end of each book. All six of these are signed by S(amuel) Wale. Was there a second edition that had the illustrations and one that did not? Notice that that index at the back of the book is really a T of C, and it lasts for twenty-eight pages. For my comments on the text of Dodsley, see Crukshank's edition of 1798. E Libris C.H. Hardy.

Identifier

en_US Bodemann identifier cf. 145.1

en_US 7091 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/82368

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US John Baskerville

en_US Birmingham

Subject

en_US PN982.D6 1764b See all items with this value

en_US Aesop and others See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole